Anthony Kaldellis: Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Rise & Fall of Empires | Lex Fridman Podcast #498
1:09:48and this is continued by his successors. So every taxable asset in the empire is censused. And so you can now start to have a budget.2:07:30which is the single largest expense on the state budget, right? And so in order to find those funds, it has3:14:17like hand out these exemptions, give cash, you know, titles to anyone who will support them, and this, of course, causes a budget problem. Like, they














